[Geo4All] Campus Party event in Mexico 20, 000 hackers break Guinness record

SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy
Fri Jul 15 10:29:34 PDT 2016


?Wow, great. Could it be possible to see your presentation (the one you did in Spanish)?

Thanks a lot,


Sergio Acosta y Lara
Departamento de Geomática
Dirección Nacional de Topografía
Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
URUGUAY
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De: GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> en nombre de Moreno-sanchez, Rafael <Rafael.Moreno at ucdenver.edu>
Enviado: martes, 05 de julio de 2016 19:30
Para: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss at lists.osgeo.org
Asunto: [Geo4All] Campus Party event in Mexico 20, 000 hackers break Guinness record

Hi everyone,
Just returning from this conference. My first time in this type of event.
An eye opening experience in many ways.
Please see attachment if you don't see image below in this email.
Here is link to news:
http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/campus-party-hackers-break-guinness-record/

Some quick thoughts:


1.       We need to reach out more to this type of communities centered around computer science/informatics/computer information systems (CS/I/CIS).

2.       I did a presentation (in Spanish) about FOSS4G, Geo4All, need to integrate GISc&T and FOSS4G in the CS/I/CIS university curriculum.

3.       Quick audience poll reinforced other sources: very few education programs in CIS/I/CIS require a course in Geographic Information Science and Technology (GISc&T). Fortunately this is rapidly changing the USA.

4.       Being among 20 000 students is rejuvenating. The energy, enthusiasm, and level of skills was impressive. Talks as late as 12:00 midnight every day. Students worked through the night. Lots of music, Red Bull and coffee while coding.

5.       Very knowledge audience about FOSS, not so much about FOSS4G.

6.       Like the motto of the conference: You can feel the future.

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Rafael Moreno, Ph.D.
Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences
University of Colorado Denver
Office: North Classroom 3524, Auraria Campus
Campus Box 172
1200 Larimer Street NC 3524
Denver, CO 80204
Phone: 303-352-3762
Fax 303-556-6197
Website: https://clas.ucdenver.edu/directory/faculty-staff/Rafael-Moreno



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